Amazing real world connections a more modern mean girls with a ruling system. All the characters have unique backgrounds that adds up to their interesting personality. The main character is not your typical rich, Marie sue, elite girl but instead an average girl trying to still trying to adapt to the world of Players although already being at the top and finding out intense secrets about the death of her best friend all from a single text. While reading about the luxurious lives of the characters, readers would definitely want to be living their lives like the characters of "They Wish They Were Us". Everyone envys the lives of the Players at Gold Coast Prep including the readers. Defintely worth reading and will leave you wanting more!